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Ne. a292,620. Patented Jen; 29, 1884.

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Unrrrn'n; ,STATESA PA-TENT] Orricnff CHARLES L. BELLAMY, or

TOOLQHANDLE.

SPECIFICATION mining part' of Letters rai-.ent No. aeaezdraateu January Laisse.'

' I Application filed May 21, .1883. (o model.) i I State of New Jersey, have invented an Im-- p roveinent in Tool Handles, Holders, or Stocks;

and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same,

reference being had to the acconipan yin g d rawy ings, forming. part of this specification.

My invention is primarily designed for hold.-

ing awls of various forms and sizes; but it is applicable toa great variety of .portable tools.

My invention may ingeneral terms be said to consist of three elements-to wit, first, thebody of the tool or handle,which may be made wholly of metal', or partly of wood and partly of -metal, or partly or wholly of any suitable Inamy invention.

ferial-such as vulcanized rubber, ivory, celluloid,- Saca-and which is provided with a funnel-shaped socket, a portion of ,which may be of angular or non-circular cross-section,

said socket being for the reception ofthe shank,

tang, or part of the tool vwhich-it is desired to firmly fix in the holder, handle, or stock;` second, a clamping-collar formed in such manner 1 as to slip over the body of the awl or tool to be held in such manner that when forced into said socket it also forces a shoulder, formed in the usual or other manner, upon the awl orA -tool to beheld down against the sides of the socket, to clamp or hold said tool firmly in said socket; third, a screwthreaded ferrule or cap which, when in Vuse, engages a screw-thread formed on the socket end of the body of the handle, or stock, and when screwed home presses the aforesaid clampingcollar down into the aforesaid socket, to act upon the shoulder of the tool to hold the latter@ firmly, as hereinbefore specified.

In the drawings, Figure l is a side view of a tool-holder constructed in accordance with Fig. 2 is a side view and partial section of the same. Fig. 3 is an end view of the body of the handle with the clampingcollar and screw-ferrule removed, showing, in connection with the sectiony in Fig. 2, the form of the socket. Fig. 4 is an inverted plan of the clamping collar, showing, in connection with Fig. 2, the form ofthis part of the device. 5o Fig. 5 is a plan View ofthe ferrule.-

A represents the body of the handle, stock,

` Vor holder, which is for most purposes preferably inade of wood and metal, a metal socketpiece, c, being attached4 or tted to the wood 'part b, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3; but, as

all in onepiece, and of any suitable material or materials. The socket is shown at c c", Figs. 2 and 3, and is preferably, but not essentially', of the forniV shown, the 'part c being tapered and of circular cross-section, and the part c having a considerably more abrupt'taper and a rectangular orsquare cross-section.

or shank d of the tool, as shown in Fig. 2, and

which shoulder, when the clamping-collarand screw-ferrule are applied to the instrument after the tool is inserted, as described, is clamped of the part c of the socket c o', but the part c of the socket need not be tapered at all, and may be of any crossfsection, provideditbe large enough to ,receive the .tangs lonshanks of ordinary tools. This part of the socket is jception of ordinarily-constructed awls or other 'portable tools.

can be made without tangs or shanks, and can therefore bc providedat less cost than-tools secured by my invention. Neither need the part c of the funnel-shaped socketv be made of rectangular or square cross-section, it being circular cross-sectionsuch as a triangle, ellipse, oval, ,&fc.'L-.to prevent the hereinafter vdescribed and correspondingly-shaped clamping-collar, and also the shoulder e, from turning when the screw-ferrule is screwed home to press it down in the socket; and, further, when the clamping-collar is made in one piece with the screw-ferrule, the part c of the socket may be of circular cross-section, if desired.

It will be seen that when the partsc and c of the socket are both made tapering, as described, a vertical central section of the socket will have the forni of a vertical central section of an ordinary funnel for transferring liquids, as shown in Fig. 2, and that in any of the modifications of its form hereinbefore aforesaid, the body may be made in parts, or

The part c, when in use, receives the tangerthe part c receives the shoulder e of the tool,

firmly down against the taper or beveled sidesonly needed to adapt the instrument tothe re- Special tools for use with this kind of stock now in common use-an important advantage only necessary that it shall be of some nonv IOO specified, such section will have the same form, except that the part c may be parallelsided, and this is what is meant in the term funnel-shaped. 7

The clamping-collar is shown at j", Figs. 2 and 4.. Vhen made detached from the screwi'errule, as shownI in this example of vmy invention, it is preferably formed with a head, l1, Figs. 2 and 4, and a body, 1T, Figs. 2 and 4, the body being of rectangular cross-section, as shown, or of other non-circular form, as hereinbefore specified, and it has a central opening, g, for the passage of the tool i, as shown in Figs. 2 and 4; but, as hereinbefore mentioned, when the clamping-collar isformed in one piece with the scrcW-ferrule the parti of the clamping-collar may be circular in cross-section.

rIhe screw-ierrule is shown at lc, Figs. 1, 2, and It is female screw-threaded to fit a male screw-thread on the socket end a of the handle, as shown in Fig. 2.

W'hen the clamping-collar j is made detached from the screW-ferrule, I preferably make the upper side of the part h of said clamping-collar convex, and the part of the Al'errule which has a central hole, r/, formed therein for the passage of the tool t correspondingly concave to iit the convex part of the clamping-collar; but,ashereinbef0re specified, the clamping-collar and the screW-ferrule may be made together in one piece.

NVhen the tool is inserted and the clampingcollar and screw-ferrule are applied, as shown in Fig. 2, the shoulder e of the tool, which is in this example of my invention rectangular,

\ is firmly pressed against the sides of the part c of the funnel-shaped socket c c', and the tool is thus rigidly held in the stock.

The instrument affords a cheap, efficient, and handy device for holding tools of various kinds and of forms now in common use,while at the same time it enables special tools of' cheaper construction made for use with the holder also to be used, the ordinary tangs or 45 Shanks of such tools being omitted. In this case the part c of' the funnel-shaped socket c c would not need to be used, the part c only coming into service; but it is obvious `that this makes no essential change in the nature or operation of my invention.

Having thus described my improvement, what I cla-im as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is as follows:

l. The combination of the body of a tool handle or stock having a funnel-shaped or conical tool-sockct adapted to receive the tang or shank and shoulder of' the tool to be held, or the shoulder of' such tool in the Wider part of said socket, a clamping-collar adapted to clamp said shoulder in said socket, and a screw-threaded ferrule adapted to a screw on the socket end of the tool-holder, for forcing the clamping-collar down upon the shoulder of the tool, all constructed and operating substantially as specified.

2. The combination, with the body of a tool holder having a funnel-shaped tool-socket, the Wider part of which is non-circular in crosssection, and also having a screw-thread on its socket end, of a clamping-collar made in a form corresponding with the non-circular part of' said socket, and a screw-ferrulc adapted` both to the thread on the socket end of' said body and to the clamping-collar, for forcing said collar down upon the shoulder of the tool to be held, and holding the same rigidly in the Wider part of said socket, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

CHARLES L. B E LLAMY.

fitnessesz ROBERT J AoKsoN, Crus. M. HIGGINs. 

